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    in a civil war, supplied trucks are routinely stopped and drivers are intimated or killed by other civilian’s who steal the food to feed their families or villages, and the drivers believe that the situation Elbonian Relief project puts them in that drivers feel they have to be able to meet “financial Demands” from the armed looters to be able to pass by in

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    States have fought wars for a multitude of reasons in the past few centuries. Today, smaller amounts of wars are being fought between states, and more are fought within states. Many states and areas of land are extensively packed with many different people, all possessing specific cultures and ethnicities. Currently, Iraq is plagued by resentment from Sunni Arabs, under control of the Islamic State, while a Shiite Iraqi Army tries to fight back. Boko Haram is also present in Northeastern Nigeria

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    Donald Trump is the President Elect of The United States of America. Thats definitely a sentence that I (and many other people) thought they would never hear or say, but it is now the reality. While this seems to leave our country in a divide, some of us happy and excited, some of us fearful and angry, and others just uneasy, it is what is it is. For many, this is exactly what they wanted, exactly what they hoped for. For others, this is a both terrifying and angering reality that we are now stuck

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    American Revolution, America's founding war, to the war in Afghanistan, America has been in 100 wars. In the major wars alone nearly 1.2 million soldiers have died. For what, the satisfaction of saying we are better than you? Back on subject, anonymous has leaked why we really went to war, same reasons over and over again, oil. Most people think that the iraq-iran war was to kill Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein but if that were the case then we would be out of the war. Anonymous has shown time and time

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    The British war poet; Wilfred Owen, conveys the pity of war in the poem “Disabled” through creating dark, depressing imagery along with the use of irony and contrast to make the readers feel sympathy towards the protagonist and let the readers understand Owen’s anger at how useless war is for him. (1) In this poem, Owen has created contrast through the past and present, talking about the drastic differences between the two. The quotations from his past: “girls glanced lovelier”, “silly for his face”

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    Many books have shared values and themes but like A Separate Peace and The Kite Runner. They both share common themes and writing techniques. They share imagery, metaphors, sarcasm and irony. The spirit and mood of the book have similar ways they make the character grow and evolve. Both books have common techniques they use to let the character move on and grow to do something better and more hopeful with their lives. They both use friendship, warfare, and conflict of identity to help their characters

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    fund unrealistic wars, it may support the contradicting view about readiness that may not reflect reality accurately, it is not balanced with foreign aid and diplomacy, and it might be used irresponsibly. First, military spending is used to pay the salaries of all men and women in the armed forces, pay for the training required for the job they

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    progression to collocate the two in an effort to better understand the qualities a leader should possess. To prove their philosophies, Lao-Tzu and Machiavelli have sought to reach a more complete understanding of each other’s thoughts on the subjects of war and weapons, qualities of leaders and the people, and how to govern.

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    the Cold War timeline, the Army Corps of Engineers developed methods for cutting deep covered trenches used for building underground facilities that provided protection from accumulated snow and other extreme cold weather threats. Another common task for the Army Corps of Engineers during the Cold War period was the construction of missile silos, for example the Titan Intercontinental Ballistic Missile sites close to Denver, Colorado. In reference to Homeland Defense during the Cold War, the Army

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    Actually, any war can do that to you. War can change a person for the better or for worse. It depends on how the person sees it. ” Smith said looking off into the mountain area. “Now that I’m here. I realize just how naive I was when I first came here. I mean I cared more about my appearance, the perfect life with a husband, 3 kids, a house with white picket fence and all that. Now, I could care less about those things. I want to explore the world, fight in the war, and find myself. Right

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